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Offseason open thread: February 2

Busy day, huh? The week’s off to an exciting start so far, what with the news about the future of the Braves on TV/streaming, the Braves having their annual Truck Day and our minor league crew getting their preseason prospect rankings underway. Which one was the most exciting part for you so far? The floor […]

NBA Mock Draft: Quaintance Plummets — February 2, 2026

The up-and-down Chicago Bulls are coming off their worst loss of the NBA season to the Miami Heat on Sunday, and with a 24-26 record, are now precariously close to being lapped by both the 24-27 Atlanta Hawks and the 22-28 Charlotte Hornets. There’s a chance Chicago falls out of the play-in tournament running entirely. If that does happen, the 2026 NBA Draft boasts a supposedly loaded arsenal of young talent. Thursday’s trade deadline should firmly establish how Chicago approaches the dra...

Reactions to Blazers Trade for Vit Krejci

Being just the third trade of the 2025-26 NBA season, the Blazers acquisition of guard Vit Krejci for Duop Reath and a pair of second round picks has activated the Internet-wide opinion machine. ESPN’s Kevin Pelton gave the Blazers an ‘A-’ for the trade, while giving the Hawks a ‘B’: Although Portland is hoping to […]

Falcons promote Tokunbo Abanikanda to director of scouting

General managers may come and go, but front office staff can remain through those changes. Longtime Falcons scout and director of college scouting Anthony Robinson, who is now with the Rams, is an example of a key executive who stuck around after Thomas Dimitroff was fired in a major role. Tokunbo Abanikanda is following that […]

Braves News: Free Agency, More

This week could be a fun week for the remaining MLB free agents. With the start of Spring Training less than two weeks away for nearly all of baseball, many notable names remained unsigned. As a result, we could see several signings this week, and teams will continue to fill needs for 2026 and beyond. […]

Joel Embiid not named to 2026 NBA All-Star team

There’s still time to fix it, but this kind of sucks. The NBA announced the reserves for the 2026 All-Star game and, despite his dominant month of January, Joel Embiid did not make the cut in the Eastern Conference. Instead, the backups will be Cleveland’s Donovan Mitchell, Atlanta’s Jalen Johnson, Indiana’s Pascal Siakam, Miami’s Norman […]

Jalen Johnson named to first career All-Star Game

Today marked a big milestone in the new franchise player’s career. It was announced this evening that Jalen Johnson has been named to the bench of the Eastern Conference All-Stars for the first time in his career: Having ascended to the number one option in Atlanta with Trae Young now in Washington D.C., Johnson is […]

Early Thoughts on the Blazers’ Vit Krejci Trade

The Portland Trail Blazers made their first move of the 2025-26 NBA Trade Season on Sunday, sending injured reserve center Duop Reath to the Atlanta Hawks for guard Vit Krejci. Here are some of the ins and outs of the deal and of the player the Blazers are bringing on board. Contracts The contractual implications […]

The Cavaliers had to move on from De’Andre Hunter

It’s almost hard to believe that it has been a year since the Cleveland Cavaliers acquired De’Andre Hunter from the Atlanta Hawks. With the trade, it felt like the Cavaliers found their final piece of the puzzle. In what was already a historic season, they were pushing all their chips in and finally found the […]

Blazers Acquire Vit Krejci from Hawks

The Portland Trail Blazers are acquiring guard Vit Krejci from the Atlanta Hawks in exchange for center Duop Reath and two future second round picks, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania: The Atlanta Hawks are trading guard Vit Krejci to the Portland Trail Blazers for Duop Reath and two future second-round picks, sources tell ESPN. Krejci […]

Trail Blazers Flip Duop Reath, Picks for Vit Krejci (Report)

The Portland Trail Blazers have shored up their bench depth ahead of Thursday’s Feb. 5 trade deadline. ESPN’s Shams Charania reports that Portland is offloading the contract of injured deep-bench center Duop Reath and two second-round draft picks to the Atlanta Hawks in exchange for sharpshooting 6-foot-8 combo guard Vit Krejci. Per Michael Scotto of HoopsHype , Atlanta is getting its own 2027 second-rounder back in the deal, plus the New York Knicks’ 2030 second. Across 46 healthy c...

Report: Vit Krejci traded for Duop Reath, two seconds

The Hawks aren’t done making moves this season. After picking up CJ McCollum and Corey Kispert from the Wizards in the Trae Young trade, they have now reportedly made another move. Per Shams Charania of ESPN: Jake L. Fischer later clarified the picks coming Atlanta’s direction: Reath is a 29-year-old 6-foot-9, 245-pound big man from […]

Steelers hire former Jets, Falcons Chief of Staff

The Pittsburgh Steelers have built a strong coaching staff over the last week. Patrick Graham has joined Mike McCarthy’s staff as defensive coordinator, and James Campen is Pittsburgh’s new offensive line coach. The Steelers have now added another new name, bringing on Steve Scarnecchia to the staff. “Steelers hire former Falcons chief of staff of […]

The Notes: Diving into the Mets and Braves Offseasons

Since the last time we looked into the Mets offseason, a lot has changed! They let key players walk, signed new ones, and made multiple big trades to address drastic needs. There is a lot to dive into. On the Braves’ side, I should apologize for not talking about all of these moves earlier, given […]

2026 NFL Mock Draft Tracker: Welcome to Atlanta, Coach Stefanski!

The Atlanta Falcons officially hired former Cleveland Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski on January 17th. Since then, there have been 13 mock drafts where the Falcons, who are without a 2026 1st-round pick, in case you forgot, are selecting at least one player. Some pundits got so bold as to go through all seven rounds; […]

Braves News: Framber Valdez rumors, player panels, more

The offseason may almost be over, but the Braves have widely been rumored to still be looking to add a starting pitcher and there are plenty left on the open market, as well as some presumably available via trade. The biggest fish in free agency is Framber Valdez and there has been some buzz about […]

Hawks pile up faux pas in painful Pacers loss, 129-124

The Hawks welcomed back second year player Zaccharie Risacher, and he was inserted directly back into the starting lineup along with Dyson Daniels, Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Jalen Johnson, and Mouhamed Gueye — the latter to counter Indiana’s small ball preference. Risacher got on the board with a great two-way play early: Both teams got off to […]

Hawks at Pacers: start time, TV, streaming, radio, game thread

The Atlanta Hawks (24-26) head up to Indy with Zaccharie Risacher set to return to action at the Pacers (12-36). Please join in the comments below as you follow along. Where, When, and How to Watch and Listen Location: Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN Start Time: 7:00 PM EDT TV: FanDuel Sports Network Southeast (FDSNSE) Radio: Sports Radio 92.9 the […]

Braves add veteran starter Martin Perez on minor league deal, per report

Well, it’s not really a solution to a perceived need for additional heft in the starting pitching department, but it’s a move anyway: A 14-year MLB veteran, the Venezuelan left-hander has 17.1 career fWAR across over 1,630 career innings. His career pitching line (ERA-/FIP-/xFIP-) is 100/103/107 — basically a fourth-ish starter over the arc of […]